David Dinkins Quotes

I have this to say to the people: go the polls and vote for the candidate of your choice... This is your responsibility; do not neglect it.

I just was not going to subject my record to the bleak prospects of a primary election.

This election ain't no stinkin' TV show.

I've been a candidate for office at least eight times. A couple times for mayor, state representative, city council.

I am a United States citizen and I vote.

I have always voted for who I believed was the best person.

It is a paradox that far too few Americans participate in the wonderful ritual of democracy that we call Election Day.

A funny thing happened on the way to the election - I got to the Senate first.

Things on the whole are much faster in America; people don't 'stand for election', they 'run for office.'

In an election, one needs both hope and audacity.

In most places in the country, voting is looked upon as a right and a duty, but in Chicago it's a sport.

The most powerful thing we own is our vote.

I am planning to return and contest the October elections in Pakistan.

An election is a moral horror, as bad as a battle except for the blood; a mud bath for every soul concerned in it.

In an election year the state of the nation is the state of politics.

As important as issues are, as important as money is ..., you've got to have good candidates.

We must demonstrate our power by exercising our right to vote.

Your vote is your voice.

Voting is designed for old people.

Voting is fundamental in our democracy. It has yielded enormous returns.

We can change the direction of the country with our vote.

I can make them voting machines sing Home Sweet Home.

I am constitutionally competent to contest the elections.

Working people vote!

Elections are an enduring spectacle of free India, and have provided foreign journalists with the opportunity to remind the world that India remains the world's largest democracy.